Smoking & Obesity in Mexico

Smoking & Obesity in Mexico By: Anas A. Hussain 6E

TableOfContents • Obesity in Mexico • Smoking in Mexico • Deaths Because of Obesity & Smoking in Mexico • Mexico Compared to USA • Mexico compared to Canada • Mexico compared to Colombia • How the Money you Give Affect this Country • Bibliography

Obesity in Mexico Mexico is the 2nd fattest country in the world. The problem mainly is that over the past 10 years more and more fast-food restaurants and junk food are being opened. People in Mexico are adoring these food. The junky food is cheaper than the healthy food, so the poor people in Mexico are buying these food. Even soft drinks are cheaper than water, so the poor people are buying soft drinks. A quarter, poor children, of Mexico aged 5-11, are obese. In 1989 only 10% Mexicans were obese, but in 2008 71% women and 66% men were obese! With this rate Mexico could be the fattest country in the world! There are 205 McDonalds (the world’s most famous and 1of the junkiest food restaurant) in Mexico. Junk food, fast-food, and soft drinks! No wonder there are so many obese people in Mexico. The metabolism in humans isn’t ready for excess of food and lack of exercise. Exercise is used for burning off the excessed calories. People have stopped excercising , due to the advance of technology, which prevents them to burn off their excessed calories. In Mexico schools have lacked to give propper health and physical education, with that no exercise and unlimited high calorie food and drinks. Additional taxes can’t be put on soft drinks, because it wouldn’t be fair on the poor and 80% schools doesn’t have clean water so they get soft drinks. These additional health problems can lead to shortening the lifespans of the Mexicans.

Smoking in Mexico Smoking in Mexico is horrible. About 28% boys aged from 11-15 smoke in Mexico! About 29% girls aged 11-15 smoke in Mexico! About 12% women aged 15 and up smoke! About 37% men aged 15 and up smoke! So, 65% male smoke and 41% female smoke!

Deaths to the Cause of Obesity & Smoking in Mexico • 70,000peopledie in Mexico because of Diabetes. • From 1998-2004 397,400 people died of Lung Cancer.

Mexico Compared to USA Obesity in USA: USA is the fattest country in the world. In 2004 the census recorded 31.1% women aged 15 and up to be obese. 33.2% men in USA are obese. USA is worse at controlling obesity then in Mexico. Smoking in USA: Tobacco use in USA is lesser than in Mexico. The latest recorded data (which is in 2005) says that 21.5% women aged 15 and up smoke and 26.3% men smoke in USA.USA is better at controlling smoking.

Mexico Compared to Canada Obesity in Canada: Obesity in Canada is good. About 14% female aged 15 and up are obese and about 16% male aged 15 and up are obese. Canada’s obesity control is fantastic. Canada’s obesity is way much more controlled than Mexico. Smoking in Canada: Smoking in Canada is ok too. About 19% women smoke and 24% men smoke. Canada is ok in controlling smoking. Canada is just better at controlling their smoking than Mexico.

Mexico Compared to Colombia Obesity in Colombia: Colombia’s obesity is amazingly controlled. Only about 17% female are obese and about 9% male are obese! Colombia’s obesity control is amazing! Colombia is way better than Mexico in obesity control. Smoking in Colombia: Colombia’s smoking is pretty bad. 34% women in Colombia smoke and about 32% men smoke. Mexico is just better at controlling smoking than Colombia.

How the Money you Give Affect this Country When you give the money for Mexico, the government will have enough money to build schools with a good amount of physical education, get cleaner and purer water in schools and homes, and put a huge fun excersising activitiy on weekends, which all ages can attend.

Bibliography • http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Obesity_in_Mexico • http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2407/7/S1/A29 • http://www.taconichills.k12.ny.us/webquests/noncomdisease/lungcancerpic.jpg • http://www.who.int/whosis/data/Search.jsp

Smoking & Obesity in Mexico